Green Chile Rice Bake
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This Green Chile Rice Bake is the perfect one-pot dinner. Veggies, rice and beans are tossed together in a casserole dish and baked!
Do we love anything more than an easy one-pot dinner? I think not. And this Green Chile Rice Bake has everything you need in one casserole dish. Dry orzo & rice are dumped in a baking dish and then mixed with lots of veggies, white beans, salsa verde, taco seasoning and broth. Mix it up, top it with some vegan butter and bake. Pull it out, add your favorite toppings and dig in!
Step One: Dump and Bake
There aren’t too many steps for this recipe…it really is a dump and bake kinda recipe. So, grab a 9×13 baking dish and add in:
- orzo
- white rice
- zucchini
- bell peppers
- yellow onion
- jalapeño
- broth – I used vegan chicken broth
- taco seasoning
- white beans
- salsa verde
- green chiles
Give everything a mix and top it with a few slabs of vegan butter. Pop it in the oven for 30 minutes. Pull it out, mix again and bake for another 10 minutes.
Step Two: Add the Toppings
The fun part of this recipe is the toppings. And I recommend you really go crazy with them. Here are some of my favorite toppings:
- avocado
- cilantro
- green onions
- non-dairy yogurt or sour cream
- salsa
- hot sauce
And don’t just stop at the toppings – I also like to have lots of tortilla chips and lime wedges on the side!
This recipe is easy, veggie-packed and perfect for a weeknight dinner when you don’t feel like cooking. Also, feel free to switch out the veggies, depending on what you have on hand.
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Green Chile Rice Bake
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup orzo dry
- 1 cup white rice dry
- 1 zucchini shredded
- 2 bell peppers cubed
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 1 jalapeño diced
- 2 cups broth I used vegan chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 2 15-ounce cans white beans drained and rinsed
- 12 ounces salsa verde homemade or store bought
- 1 4-ounce can green chiles
- 4 tablespoons vegan butter
- vegan yogurt, green onion, cilantro, tortilla chips, lime wedges optional for serving
Equipment
- 9×13 baking dish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Add all of the ingredients (through the green chiles) to a 9×13 baking dish. Mix until everything is combined. Add 4 slabs of butter to the top and place in the oven, uncovered. Bake for 30 minutes. Stir everything and place the baking dish back in the oven for 10 minutes. If the rice still seems undercooked, add 1/3 cup more broth and place back in the oven until the rice is tender.
- Remove from the oven and add salt if needed. Serve hot with any of the optional toppings.
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Delicious! The rice seemed a little undercooked- should the dish covered when baking? Will use again!
I left mine uncovered, but I updated the recipe to include instructions if the rice seems undercooked. Thanks for the note!
Made this for dinner. Didn’t have green chilies and didn’t want to go to the store. Used a can of Rotel tomatoes. This is a great, easy and delicious meal!! Will need to freeze half because it makes a lot.
Sounds like the perfect swap!
This was delicious, just the right amount of spice and super easy to make. The whole family loved it, thanks for the great recipe.
So glad you and your fam liked it Felicia!
🤩 Wowza this is divine. Damn. Yum!!!
Thanks so much Amanda!
This was very good but took an hour to cook through as the rice just wouldn’t absorb the liquid. Maybe because I just used regular rice? One and a half cups without the orzo with one less bell pepper, and one less can of beans. It was just me and my husband, so I was trying to shrink the servings. I will make it again and use parboiled rice to see if that makes a difference, but will be prepared for it taking longer. Still a fun, different and tasty recipe.
Hi!
What would the measurements be for brown rice?
Can’t wait to make the is dish!!!!
Enjoy!!
This looks delicious!!! What kind of rice are you using here? I prefer to use jasmine or basmati. Would that change cooking time and/or amount of liquids?
I used basmati – and no the measurements will be the same for any white rice. It would only be different if you used brown rice!
If I replaced the orzo with the same amount of rice to make this GF would this turn out okay?
Yep! It will work exactly the same!